Tigers, which have long been associated with virility, are facing a
paradoxical threat to the species--impotence. The 49 South China tigers
that are housed in ten Chinese zoos have lost their sex drive in
captivity. Habitat loss and poaching have reduced to about 20 the number
of the tigers living in the wild. Ironically, several tiger species are
hunted for their penises, which traditional Chinese medicine considers
useful for boosting human sex drive and potency At the Beijing zoo,
Chinese animal breeding specialists--known for showing films of mating
pandas to stimulate that endangered species--are hoping that Viagra and
other drugs will help two male South China tigers produce offspring by
next year.

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